Parents' Guide to

Peekaboo Fridge

By Cynthia Chiong, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 2+

A tot favorite moves to kitchen to teach kids food names.

App iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Education
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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Upapalmtree
Upapalmtree Parent
September 7, 2013
age 2+

Animated food?

Animated food is inane. Note most are male? What's with the mustaches. The best way to teach children the names of food is while they are eating it. My grandson at 17 mos does like peekaboo barn tho the animal depictions are poor.
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What’s It About?

In Peekaboo Fridge, kids enter a kitchen. When ready, the fridge shakes and kids can tap on it to reveal one food item, like cheese or grapes. A child's voice says the name of the item, and the app displays the name in lowercase letters. Tapping on it again will close the refrigerator door, and the process starts over. There are 13 items in all, and once kids have cycled through them, the fridge reveals a bigger surprise: a dance party with all the food items!

Is It Any Good?

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Kids say: Not yet rated

PEEKABOO FRIDGE is an educational game that capitalizes on the simple concept of peekaboo. While this worked wonderfully with farm animals, it doesn't work quite as well with food items. Farm animals are very popular with babies and toddlers, with animal names (and sounds) being some of the first words many toddlers learn. On the other hand, food labels are usually not. By the time kids start to learn food names like broccoli, they may have outgrown the game of peekaboo. Although the app gives the food items human or animal qualities, it's still not quite the same.

In terms of learning, it only labels each food item once, and tapping on the food or word only closes the refrigerator door instead of repeating the word, so parents may want to provide reinforcement.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Play along and repeat the labels. Have kids repeat after you and talk about whether they've tried the food, and if so, what they like (or don't like) about it.

  • Point out and label food items at the grocery store.

  • Cook with the items seen in the app and label them at dinner.

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